May Paing Soe

Out of work and forced to marry a man she dislikes, young San Kyi plans to run away with her best friend, but complications unfold.

A devoted young woman’s deep faith in Buddhism gradually turns into attachment toward a respected monk. As her feelings grow stronger, she is forced to confront the difference between true devotion and clinging, revealing the consequences of attachment.

Yangon, 1998. A boy and his mother are waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. On the last evening the boy tries to understand the complexities of relationships.